āϕ⧇āϰāĻžāύ⧀āĻ—āĻžā§āĻœā§‡āϰ āĻŸā§‹āϟāĻžāχāϞ āĻ–āĻžāϞ, āĻ–āĻžāϞ āϏāĻ‚āϞāĻ—ā§āύ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋāϜāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ“ āϜāϞāĻžāĻļ⧟ āĻ­āϰāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ—ā§œā§‡ āĻ“āĻ āĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻŋ⧟āĻŋāĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧ āφāĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ•āϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻšāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧāĻžāĻœā§āĻžāĻž

āφāϜ (⧍⧍ āϜāĻžāύ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē) āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āϕ⧇āϰāĻžāύ⧀āĻ—āĻžā§āϜ āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ—āϤ āĻŸā§‹āϟāĻžāχāϞ āĻŽā§ŒāϜāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŸā§‹āϟāĻžāχāϞ āĻ–āĻžāϞ, āĻ–āĻžāϞ āϏāĻ‚āϞāĻ—ā§āύ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋāϜāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ“ āϜāϞāĻžāĻļā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āϰāĻžāĻŸā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧāĻžāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻš āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĻŋ⧟āĻžāĻŽ āĻšāĻžāωāϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āϞāĻŋāĻŽāĻŋāĻŸā§‡āĻĄ āĻāϰ āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ “āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĻŋ⧟āĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻŋāϟāĻŋ” āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ•āϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧāĻžāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āφāϰ⧋āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ—āĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āχāϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻŸā§‹āϟāĻžāχāϞ āĻ–āĻžāϞ, āĻ–āĻžāϞ āϏāĻ‚āϞāĻ—ā§āύ āύāĻŋāϚ⧁ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋāϜāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ“ āϜāϞāĻžāĻļā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇, āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĻŋ⧟āĻžāĻŽ…

āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻ­ā§€āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϟāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ“āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āĻ—āϤ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ÿ āĻšāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϰ⧁āϞ

āφāϜ (ā§§ā§Ģ āϜāĻžāύ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē) āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻ­ā§€āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧜āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϞāĻžā§Ÿ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āϟāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧁āĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ“āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϜāϞāĻžāĻŦāύāϕ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ“ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€āĻ—āϪ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āĻ“ āφāχāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāϤ⧟ āϘāϟāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāϞāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āĻŖāϰāĻžā§Ÿ āχāϜāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧋āĻœā§āϝ āφāχāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžā§Ÿ āϕ⧇āύ āϤāĻž āĻŦ⧇āφāχāύ⧀, āφāχāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§€āύ āĻ“ āϜāύāĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ⧀…

āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧ āφāĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ­āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ “āĻŦāĻžāĻŽāύ⧀ āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛â€ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ÿ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ⧇āϰ āϰ⧁āϞ āĻ“ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž

āφāϜ (ā§§ā§Ē āϜāĻžāύ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ, ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š) āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻ­āĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ—āϤ āϚāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āϞāĻŋ⧟āĻž, āĻ•āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāϞāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰāĻĒ⧁āϰ āĻŽā§ŒāϜāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻŽāύ⧀ āĻ–āĻžāϞ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§Ÿ āϜāĻŽ āϜāĻŽ āύ⧂āϰ āϏāĻŋāϟāĻŋ, āĻāϏ āĻ āĻšāĻžāωāϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧁āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻž āĻšāĻžāωāϜāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ• āĻ…āύāύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āφāĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ­āϰāĻžāϟāϏāĻš āϏāĻ•āϞ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāώ⧇āϧāĻžāĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϟāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āχ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϤ āφāĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāύ⧀āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ• āχāϤ⧋āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āϜāĻŽāĻŋ…

āĻŦāĻ‚āĻļā§€ āύāĻĻā§€āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ–āϞāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ“ āĻ āύāĻĻā§€ āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ— āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ

āφāϜ (ā§Ļ⧍ āϜāĻžāύ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ē) āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āφāχāύ āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžā§Ÿā§€ āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ• āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻ­āĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ “āĻŦāĻ‚āĻļā§€â€ āύāĻĻā§€āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻ–āϞāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ āύāĻĻā§€ āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ— āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āύāĻĻā§€ āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡ā§ŸāĻžāϰāĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻĻāĻĒā§āϤāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ•, āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āωāĻ¨ā§āύ⧟āύ āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻ•, āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āĻœā§‡āϞāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāϏāĻ•, āϏāĻžāĻ­āĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϞāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§€ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ…

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) and others v. Bangladesh and others Writ Petition No. 6911 of 2005 (Gas Blow Out at Tengratila)

In a writ petition filed by BELA with two other human rights NGOs namely Ain-o Shalish Kendra (ASK) and Odhikar, challenging the legality of the Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) between BAPEX and NIKO, a vacation bench of the High Court comprising Mr. Justice M. A. Rashid and Mr. Justice Md. Fazlur Rahman had issued a…

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On August 14, 2004, BELA filed a writ petition (No. 4604 of 2004) challenging the legality of project of Metro Makers Ltd. called Modhumoti Model Town that was filling up 550 acres of the sub-flood flow zone near Amin Bazar, Savar ignoring laws (the flood flow zone/ sub flood flow zone as identified in SPZ…

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In 1994 BELA filed this Writ Petition seeking relief against indiscriminate pollution of air, water, soil and the environment by 903 industries including the tanneries of Hazaribagh.  After hearing all the concerned parties and upon considering all relevant facts and laws, the Hon’ble Court vide judgment dated 15 July, 2001 directed the Director General, Directorate…

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